Meanings/matching & abbreviations
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| Bland diet | hiatus hernia | ||||
| Cardiac diet | low in fat/cholesterol, restricts sodium and calories | ||||
| Clear fluids diet | liquids that you can see through | ||||
| Diabetic diet | prescribed number of calories | ||||
| Full fluids diet | generally follows clear fluid diet | ||||
| Gluten-free diet | Celiac disease | ||||
| High-calorie diet | anorexia | ||||
| High-fibre diet | stimulates peristaltic action | ||||
| High-protein diet | promotes tissue repair and weight gain | ||||
| Ice chips or sips only diet | major surgery | ||||
| Low-residue/surgical soft diet | colostomy | ||||
| Minced diet | patients can swallow a little | ||||
| No added salt diet | ordered for patients with fluid retention | ||||
| Progressive diet | food introduced in stages | ||||
| Pureed diet | dysphagia | ||||
| Regular diet | no restrictions | ||||
| Soft diet | involves little or no chewing | ||||
| Transitional diet | introduced to selected solid foods before or after surgery | ||||
| 10 Fr. NG tube | 10 French nasogastric tube | ||||
| AL | albumin | ||||
| AST | aspartate aminotransferase | ||||
| BRAT | bananas, rice, applesauce, toast | ||||
| BSP | bowel sounds are present | ||||
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen | ||||
| cal | calories | ||||
| Cardiac diet | diet for patients with heart disease | ||||
| CBC | complete blood count | ||||
| CDA diet | Canadian Diabetic Association diet | ||||
| CF | clear fluids | ||||
| CF-DAT | clear fluids progress to diet as tolerated | ||||
| d/c or dc | discontinue | ||||
| DAT | diet as tolerated | ||||
| DD | diabetic diet | ||||
| EF | enteral feed | ||||
| FF | full fluids | ||||
| FF-DAT | full fluids progress to diet as tolerated | ||||
| GF | gluten-free | ||||
| G-tubes | gastrostomy tube | ||||
| HF | high fibre diet | ||||
| HP | high protein diet | ||||
| IDDM | insulin dependant diabetes mellitus | ||||
| INR | international normalized ratio | ||||
| IV | intravenous | ||||
| J-tubes | jejunostomy tube | ||||
| LOW SODIUM | low sodium diet (less than 3000 mg/day) | ||||
| LR | low residue diet | ||||
| MIC device | bard button | ||||
| NAS | no added salt diet (3000-4000 mg/day) | ||||
| N-G tube | nasogastric tube | ||||
| NIDDM | non-insulin dependant diabetes mellitus | ||||
| NPO | nothing by mouth | ||||
| OGTT | oral glucose tolerance test | ||||
| PAR | parenteral feed | ||||
| PE | puree | ||||
| PEG tube | percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube | ||||
| PTT | partial thromboplastin time | ||||
| REG | regular/full diet | ||||
| SOFT/SURGICAL | soft surgial diet (low in fibre) | ||||
| SS | surgical soft diet | ||||
| T&A | tonisilectomy and adenoidectomy | ||||
| TPN | total parenteral nutrition | ||||
| TPN baseline | total parental nutrition baseline lab work | ||||
| VERY LOW SODIUM | very low sodium diet (2000 mg/day or less) | ||||
| VMA | vanillylmandelic acid test |
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Created by:
renate
on 2009-07-09